Menu Plan Monday – Where are you?

Menu Plan Monday was a bit delayed this week. Can you tell? Yep, the blog got ditched on Monday, but I swear it was for a good reason. (My menu plan for the week is at the bottom of the post.)

Monday morning I received a call asking if I could fill in to teach a gluten free class. “Great! I would love to. When?” Tuesday night. Yikes! After a bit of kid schedule rearranging (thanks to everyone who helped with that), I put together and prepped for a class in 24 hours. Woo! I think it went pretty well for such short notice, and I had a lot of fun. Plus, I made gluten and dairy free brownie ice “cream” sandwiches and they make everything better. It was a really great experience and I am hoping to work with them again. Thanks for the opportunity, Eastside Co-op! (It’s our local co-op. Check them out!)

Eastside Food Co-op is where we will be picking up our CSA box from Featherstone Farm. I am really excited about out boxes of veggie goodness that will be coming to us soon. This past weekend was the Greenhouse Open House and Field Day at the farm. We drove down to check it out. We had perfect weather for the drive down. The area the farm is in is just beautiful.

I got to meet Peggy Hanson, the writer for cookoutofthebox.blogspot.com. She is the farm’s resident cooking expert who shares cooking ideas for the contents of each week’s CSA box. So far, her posts on winter salads, cabbage rolls (with extra veggies and quinoa in the filling), and the end of winter borscht have caught my eye. I am looking forward to the future seasonal posts on the CSA shares.

Crops my kids can’t wait for:

I have major greenhouse envy…

We can’t wait to go back to the farm for the Strawberry Social in June!

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I am late, but still linking up to Laura’s Menu Plan Monday, even though it is Wednesday. I am such a rebel!

The Gluten Free Menu Swap is hosted this week by Heather of Celiac Family. She picked Picnic Foods for this week’s theme. I am hoping for some great ideas from everyone. During the school year I usually try to pack dinner for our Tuesday evening piano lesson nights. In the summer soccer games, play time at the park, zoo trips, a beach day and concerts/plays in the park all call for portable foods. Any excuse to eat outside is a good excuse!

Pickles in a blanket (Spread a slice of gluten free deli ham or smoked turkey with coconut cream “cheese” – either plain cream “cheese” or mixed with fresh herbs or finely chopped and drained veggies. You can lay a few spinach leaves or fresh basil leaves on the “cheese”. Lay a pickle wedge on one end of the cold cut and roll up. Secure roll with toothpicks and slice into 1 to 1 1/2 inch bites.)

A variety of slaws as they travel better than salad greens (Asian napa slaw, apple/bok choy/carrot slaw, sesame slaw, to name a few)